EV maker Coda opens new HQ in Los Angeles
With politicians elbowing each other for photo ops and making grand speeches taking credit for everything from creating jobs to saving the Earth, electric-car maker Coda officially opened its new headquarters at the intersection of Fairfax and the newly named “Electric Drive” in Los Angeles on Nov. 10.
Local media and civic leaders love hearing about the win-win deals our leaders are making for us, so Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and California Gov. Jerry Brown gave speeches, people cheered and the doors were opened on the former movie-prop warehouse that will now house everything from sales and marketing to R&D for the little electric-car company.
Coda is the passenger-car outgrowth of Miles Electric Vehicles, both founded by entrepreneur Miles Rubin to electrify transportation. While Miles Electric Vehicles focused on small commercial trucks and campus people transporters, Coda has concentrated on street-legal, freeway-ready passenger cars for the general public. Even though Coda has had its ups, downs and delays over the years, company execs now say that the first vehicle will be available for sale in “early 2012.” Continue reading 'EV maker Coda opens new HQ in Los Angeles'»


